Peter Martin Anker (politician)
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Peter Martin Anker was a Norwegian politician.

He was a son of wholesaler Niels Anker (1764–1812). He was also a third cousin of Karen Anker, Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg
Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg
Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg was a politician and a Norwegian count, one of only two titled noblemen in Norway...

's wife. Together with Thrine Gløersen (1814–1902) he had the children Nils Anker
Nils Anker
Nils Anker was a Norwegian politician.He was a son of politician Peter Martin Anker. He was a brother of Herman Anker, Christian August Anker and Dikka Møller, uncle of Katti Anker Møller, Ella Anker and Johan Anker and granduncle of Øyvind Anker, Synnøve Anker Aurdal, Peter Martin Anker and Tove...

, Herman Anker, Christian August Anker and Dikka Møller. Grandchildren include Katti Anker Møller
Katti Anker Møller
Katti Anker Møller was a Norwegian feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights. She is known to posterity as the "advocate of mothers."...

, Ella Anker
Ella Anker
Eli Birgit "Ella" Anker was a Norwegian magazine journalist, newspaper correspondent, playwright and pamphleteer.-Personal life:...

 and Johan Anker
Johan Anker
Johan August Anker was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics....

 and great-greandchildren include Øyvind Anker
Øyvind Anker
-Personal life:He was born in Frankfurt am Main as a son of engineer Nils Botvid Anker and artist and pianist Gudrun Nilssen . He grew up in Vestre Aker and Lillehammer. He was a brother of Synnøve Anker Aurdal, and through her a brother-in-law of Ludvig Eikaas. Through another sister Ella he was...

, Synnøve Anker Aurdalm Peter Martin Anker
Peter Martin Anker (diplomat)
Peter Martin Anker was a Norwegian diplomat. He worked for the League of Nations, Red Cross and United Nations before, during and after the Second World War. He was then an ambassador in different European, Asian and African countries from 1951 to 1973...

 and Tove Mohr.

He served as first deputy to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1839–1841, representing the constituency Smaalenenes Amt
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

. He made his living as a landowner.
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